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Company: SAIC
Location: REMOTE WORK, VA
Career Level: Director
Industries: Technology, Software, IT, Electronics

Description

Description

Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced and results-driven Principal Solutions Architect with a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on developer with a strong technical foundation in AWS cloud native architecture, DevSecOps automated secure pipelines, Web based Search architecture, and infrastructure integration. This exceptional position will be a key member of the USPTO internal and external hosted website agile development teams specifically responsible for the search infrastructure that supports the product teams as they seek to migrate, modernize, automate, and innovate their search applications. This role requires deep technical expertise and the ability to architect, design, develop, and engineer the innovation, automation, and modernization of complex projects that drive business value and strategic insights.
Key Responsibilities:
·    Operate and maintain the internal and external website search infrastructure, including servers, security, indexing, analytics
·    Collaborate with cross functional Agile Drupal development teams for search requirements and reporting integration. 
·    Manage search indexing and analytics/reporting needs.
·    Develop, Build, and deploy automation, CI/CD pipelines, scripts, and infrastructure from the ground up using Infrastructure as Code - IaC (tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation)
·    Leverage automation and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.
·    Develop end-to-end plans for migration of cloud based SOLR/ZooKeeper search capability to an AWS managed search service
·    Architect, Develop, Build and Deploy pilots, prototypes, and proof of concept solutions to validate potential search modernizations and updates in an AWS cloud native environment
·    Implement transparency, traceability, and appropriate security handling in line with best practices and applicable compliance standards including Authorization To Operate certifications.
·    Design scalable, secure and cost-effective infrastructure for search implementation, deployment, and maintenance.
·    Conduct exploratory data analysis and generate actionable insights from large and complex datasets.
·    Implement and document reusable code libraries, SOPs and best practices for modernization, automation, and innovation development and deployment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
·    Masters' degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
·    Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in data science, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence or a similar role.
·    Proven track record of delivering impactful web-based search deployments including SOLR/Kubernetes and open source search managed service solutions in an AWS cloud native environment.
·    Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance based on USPTO regulations  
·    Candidates must have lived in the United States for the last 2 years

Technology Stack & Skills Requirements:
·    Programming Languages: Java, Python, HTML, Linux Shell (e.g. Bash), JavaScript, PERL, PHP (Drupal), SQL
·    Cloud Native Platforms: AWS AMI's
·    Search: SOLR, Zookeeper
·    Search Managed Services (e.g. OpenSearch)
·    Infrastructure: IaC Terraform, CloudFormation
·    DevSecOps automation: GitLab, Docker, SonarQube, Nexus
·    Agile Software development methodology: Rally
Desired Qualifications:
·    Experience with Drupal


Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


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